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I Know Because You Told Me So

from The Assumption by Michele Thomas

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I wrote this song some five plus years ago after a period where I was feeling some jealously towards a good friend whom I love, but that forced me to reflect on my own career trajectory and to work through my ongoing evolution of self-love. Funny enough, I was musically inspired to work my lyrics through more of a bouncy, neo-soul tinged groove tune that I could nod my head to. But for those who have seen me perform the song, they’ve heard a song of self-empowerment.

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I Know Because You Told Me So


Can’t you see them look at me as I walk into the room?

Why does everybody look at me? Do I outshine the sun and moon?

All of this you say to me, as if you really didn’t know.

But I know because you told me so.


From the pharaohs of antiquity to the Zulu kings of old.

The most golden of a family tree twas to you no doubt bestowed.

This message you relay to me bashful irony in tow.

But I know because you told me so.


Maybe I’m dumb and blind of the line between the acts of true self-love or self-adulation.

Too long on the other side of that wall I’ve been, in my chamber of self-depreciation.


Can’t you see them look at me? A thousand eyes can never lie.

I’m a single batch variety. None more different than I.

All of this you say to me, like you alone had broke the mold.

But I know because you told me so.

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from The Assumption, track released March 4, 2022
Music & lyrics by Michele Thomas, Damian Espinosa

Michele Thomas - Vocals
Darren Scorza - Drums
Clark Sommers - Bass
Neal Alger - Guitar
Chris Mahieu - Rhodes
Jeff Hedberg - Trumpet
Chris Greene - Saxophone

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Michele Thomas Chicago, Illinois

The daughter of a preacher, Chicago singer Michele Thomas brings an irresistible gospel-soul warmth to jazz.
JazzReview.com deemed her as, “one of those new artists that you anxiously wait to hear more from…"

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